The Deliberation

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The Registry has furnished the following description of what occurs when the Court retires to deliberate on a judgment or advisory opinion (the process is accelerated for orders):

Once the public hearings are over, Members of the Court have a short time in which to study the arguments of the parties, following which there is a brief exchange of their preliminary views. The President outlines in writing to Members of the Court the issues that in his opinion will re…

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Malcolm N. Shaw,
“The Deliberation”, in:
Rosenne's Law and Practice of the International Court: 1920-2015.
Consulted online on 21 January 2019 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-5992_rose_COM_0369>